tchotchke

noun

Something trivial, esp a gewgaw or decorative trifle; bagatelle; plaything: little rainbows and neon tchatchkas found in California neon boutiques/ you know, the tchotzkes, the jewelry/ his job at the mall vending Watusi chatchkes

A precious or adorable person, usually a child: The baby is a tchotchke

A woman considered as a plaything: She's Harry's tsatske

[1964+; fr Yiddish tsatske fr Slavic]

The Dictionary of American Slang, Fourth Edition by Barbara Ann Kipfer, PhD. and Robert L. Chapman, Ph.D.Copyright (C) 2007 by HarperCollins Publishers.Cite This Source